Il segreto del bosco vecchio (1993)
Il colonnello Sebastiano Procolo e il piccolo Benvenuto, suo nipote, hanno ereditato una casa di montagna e i boschi che l'attorniano. Benvenuto entra subito in sintonia con gli animali, i geni degli alberi, le canzoni del Vento Matteo e altre presenze metafisiche. Suo nonno, invece, pensa che i boschi siano solo fonte di guadagno. E se il bambino è un ostacolo alla realizzazione di questo guadagno, peggio per lui... Un racconto di Dino Buzzati, la fotografia di Dante Spinotti, un Paolo Villaggio in una parte insolita e, in regia, un "poeta" come Olmi. Ma anche di poesia si può eccedere; ed è quello che capita qui a Olmi, che si perde in lungaggini e bamboleggiamenti, senza riuscire a fondere la dimensione favolistica e quella naturalistica.
Direttore: Ermanno Olmi
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Paolo Villaggio as Col. Procolo |
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Giulio Brogi as Bernardi |
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Riccardo Zannantonio as Benvenuto Procolo |
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Lino Pais Marden as Giovanni Aiuti |
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Antonio Vecelio as Vettore |
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Omero Antonutti as Vento Matteo (voice) |
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Pietro Berton as |
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Renato Pais Bianco as |
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Federico Boschiero as |
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Stefano Carbogno as |
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Geltrude Carli as |
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Silvano Cetta as |
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Renato Buzzo Contin as |
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Narciso De Bettin as |
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Ernesto de Martin Modolado as |
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Florio Zandegiacomo De Pasquale as |
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Bruno De Silvestro as |
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Gustavo Zandegiacomo De Zora as |
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Dario Dolmen as |
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Micaela Giustiniani as Gazza Ladra (voice) |
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Dino Golin as |
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Umberto Golin as |
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Luca Grandeis as |
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Giovanni De Luca Londa as |
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Mario Maniago as |
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Gianni Musy as Vecchio Gufo (voice) |
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Dario Nicolai as |
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Gianpeppino Da Rin Pagnetto as |
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Patrick Pomaré as |
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Giocondo Quandel as |
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Mark Quatter as |
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Francesco Macchietto Riode as |
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Pietro L. Roia as |
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Mario Buzzo Saher as |
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Simone Scattolo as |
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Vittorio Zambelli Spezier as |
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Luigi Tonello as |
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Matteo Zagato as |
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Luciano Zandonella as |
| Sound | Franco Piersanti | Original Music Composer |
| Production | Mario Cecchi Gori | Producer |
| Production | Vittorio Cecchi Gori | Producer |
| Production | Vincenzo De Leo | Producer |
| Directing | Ermanno Olmi | Director |
| Production | Roberto Cicutto | Producer |
| Writing | Dino Buzzati | Novel |
| Production | Elena Zadra | Production Secretary |
| Production | Paola Cariani | Administration |
| Directing | Fiorella Lugli | Script Supervisor |
| Camera | Sandro Bolli | Key Grip |
| Costume & Make-Up | Alfonsina Lettieri | Assistant Costume Designer |
| Costume & Make-Up | Federico Laurenti | Makeup Artist |
| Costume & Make-Up | Angelo Vannella | Hairstylist |
| Directing | Mimmola Girosi | First Assistant Director |
| Production | Elisabetta Olmi | Unit Manager |
| Directing | Leonardo Monti | Second Assistant Director |
| Production | Emanuele Lomiry | Production Manager |
| Camera | Enrico Lucidi | Camera Operator |
| Crew | Thierry Toscan | Special Effects |
| Production | Maurizio Volpi | Accountant |
| Costume & Make-Up | Mauro Meniconi | Makeup Artist |
| Editing | Paolo Cottignola | Editor |
| Camera | Adriano Giannini | Second Assistant Camera |
| Camera | Emilio Della Chiesa | First Assistant Camera |
| Lighting | Alberico Novelli | Gaffer |
| Production | Giampietro Bonamigo | Line Producer |
| Production | Danila Scotton | Accountant |
| Camera | Marco Sacerdoti | First Assistant Camera |
| Costume & Make-Up | Giovanni Casalnuovo | Assistant Costume Designer |
| Production | Raffaella Giovannetti | Production Secretary |
| Sound | Attilio Torricelli | Sound |
| Camera | Giorgio Stachowski | Still Photographer |
| Camera | Dante Spinotti | Director of Photography |
| Editing | Fabio Olmi | Editor |
| Writing | Ermanno Olmi | Writer |
| Camera | Roberto Esposti | Grip |
| Camera | Mauro Misino | Grip |
| Costume & Make-Up | Walter Cossu | Key Makeup Artist |
| Lighting | Sami Novelli | Electrician |
| Art | Giancarlo Sensidoni | Set Painter |
| Camera | Fabio Olmi | Camera Operator |
| Lighting | Giuseppe Meloni | Electrician |
| Editing | Giacomo Volpi | Colorist |
| Lighting | Alessandro Rossi | Electrician |
| Costume & Make-Up | Anna Orazi | Seamstress |
| Art | Vito Consoli | Painter |
| Crew | Mirta Amati | Catering |
| Camera | Doriano Torriero | Grip |
| Crew | Fabio Carussi | Scenic Artist |
| Lighting | Cesare Vergari | Genetator Operator |
| Art | Thierry Toscan | Property Master |
| Crew | Claudio Magrini | Scenic Artist |
| Art | Sabrina Carturan | Assistant Property Master |
| Art | Mario Pocchiesa | Assistant Property Master |
| Art | Marco Davoli | Construction Coordinator |
| Editing | Paola Bocci | Assistant Editor |
| Sound | Franco Piersanti | Orchestrator |
| Sound | Franco Piersanti | Conductor |
| Art | Paolo Biagetti | Production Design |
| Costume & Make-Up | Maurizio Millenotti | Costume Design |